Study of the management of suspected cardiac infarction by British immediate care doctors.
A study of the management by immediate care general practitioners of 511 patients suspected of suffering from acute myocardial infarction showed that the median time of arrival after the onset of chest pains was 60.2 minutes. One hundred and eleven patients died of cardiac infarction within 48 hours of the onset of chest pain; 23 died in the presence of the general practitioner.
D000368:Aged; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005194:Family Practice; D005392:First Aid; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom